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  • From: Steve Diver <steved@ipa.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@mailman1.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] ATTRA and their information resources.
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:41:05 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Greetings Larry and All --

I'm still getting and reading this Permaculture List, although my time is
limited and shy away from email lists.

I saw your post below and thought I should give an update.

ATTRA, now called ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture, is the flagship sustainable
agriculture program of the National Center for Appropriate Technology or
NCAT, funded through a cooperative agreement from the USDA.

NCAT -- https://www.ncat.org -- is a national non-profit organization that
has provided technology outreach on appropriate technology, solar greenhouse,
renewable energy, low-income community development, and sustainable
agriculture topics since the 1970s.

So be sure to check out publications and resources from both the ATTRA and
NCAT websites for the full picture, including as you noticed a series of
webinars on YouTube.

After 18 years with NCAT, I left in 2007 to work as a soil consultant in
Austin, Texas and then for the last four years as the Farm Superintendent at
the University of Kentucky Horticulture Research Farm, which is very hands-on
and interesting since we have both organic and conventional production on the
same research farm.

After working in the agri-horticultural trenches for 30 years one gains a
little perspective.

The growth of sustainable agriculture, organic farming, permaculture, nature
farming, eco-agriculture, soil testing, soil health, nutrient dense food
production, holistic management, regenerative agriculture, multi-species
cover crops, and many related alternative agricultural technologies and
themes have grown into fully developed options for farmers whether big or
small. A good indicator is that many of these practices are catching on
being adapted by broad-scale farmers.

Carry on,

Steve Diver
Lexington, KY



-----Original Message-----
>From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
>Sent: May 23, 2017 4:00 PM
>To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [permaculture] ATTRA and their information resources.
>
>ATTRA
>Appropriate Technology Transfer For Rural Areas
>https://attra.ncat.org/
>
>
>*1-800-346-9140*
>
>
>*Master Publication Listhttps://attra.ncat.org/publication.html
><https://attra.ncat.org/publication.html>*
>
>Subscribe yearly ($50) for unlimited publication downloads or buy a day
>pass (purchase documents individually for download (.pdf's)
>https://attra.ncat.org/subscribe.php
>
>They offer many videos on YouTube.
>
>Steve Diver, an information specialist at ATTRA did the best work that
>organization offered to the public.
>His contributions covered permaculture and all variations of international
>biological farming, the soil food web,'
>livestock management and market agriculture..
>
>Much of their best work was paid for by public taxes allocated to ATTRA
>annually by the US Dept. of the Interior.
>Maybe some of that is available for download without charge.
>I have a large collection of that work much of which was posted to the
>Sanet-MG and Permaculture lists.
>Steve wrote the first online Permaculture FAQ. He came to Pittsboro and
>collaborated with Debbie on a Compost Tea workshop they offered
>at CCCC. A big notebook full of information was made available too.
>
>LL
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